I also would very much like to have it!!!

Johan Simons

On 25/04/2007, at 7:07 AM, Giovanni wrote:

> I want it.
>
> Thom McGrath wrote:
>> I've begun working on [what I believe to be] an extraordinary class
>> to top all my others. But I'm also trying to gauge it's usefulness,
>> before I get too in-depth.
>>
>> In this age of "Web 2.0" and syndicate everything, I've started
>> working on a set of classes which can not only parse RSS feeds into
>> REALbasic objects, but parse nearly *any* feed into the same objects
>> - and also create any kind of feed. And lastly, convert feeds simply
>> by setting a property and asking it to create the XML.
>>
>> So as a brief example, (I've named the classes RSSxxxx), to create a
>> feed one would do something like
>>
>> dim r as new rssfeed
>> r.title = "My New Feed"
>> r.linkurl = "http://www.feeds.com/";
>> r.lastupdated = new date
>>
>> // create atom 1.0 feed
>> r.format = rssfeed.kformatatom10
>> msgbox r.asxml.tostring
>>
>> // create rss 2.0 feed
>> r.format = rssfeed.kformatrss20
>> msgbox r.asxml.tostring
>>
>> And parsing a feed would be as simple as downloading it using an
>> HTTPSocket and then sending it to RSSModule.Parse:
>>
>> dim r as rssfeed
>> r = RSSModule.Parse(myHTTPContent)
>> if r <> nil then
>>    msgbox "You downloaded feed " + r.title
>> end
>>
>> I have not found something similar to this for RB yet, so the simple
>> question: is this wanted?
>>
>> --
>> Thom McGrath, <http://www.thezaz.com/>
>> "You realize you've created God in your own image when God hates all
>> the same people you do."

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